2008 Honda Fit lighting problems

19 complaints about lighting have been filed for the 2008 Honda Fit, which is 7% of all its NHTSA complaints.

Complaints: 19 7% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage: 107,000 miles 14 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires: 1 and 1
Injuries and deaths: 1 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When lighting problems show up

Based on 14 complaints that include mileage. 21% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.

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Mileage	Complaints
0k to 20k miles	2
20k to 40k miles	1
40k to 60k miles	0
60k to 80k miles	1
80k to 100k miles	2
100k to 120k miles	3
120k to 140k miles	2
140k to 160k miles	2
160k to 180k miles	1
180k to 200k miles	0
200k+ miles	0

What the data shows

Of the 14 lighting complaints that report mileage, the median is about 107,000 miles, and 21% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 1 crash, 1 fire, 1 injury.

What owners wrote

Takata recall : my 2008 honda fit was traveling at 15 MPH and went into a police k-9 unit 'elvis'. The air bag virulently exploded on my jaw and caused my teeth to bit my tongue. The policeman mistook the injury for a seizure and I lost my license indefinitely. I was take to the hospital against my will and given 10,000 dollars in services I didn't want or need due to the air bag. Honda and takata and NHTSA need to come clean and protect the public from this dangerous defect.

Reported at 100,000 miles, April 2017 CrashInjury

At 5am while headed to work, I noticed the headlights were not on, despite the switch being in the on position. There was a recall previously for the exact same issue. It appears the fix was only temporary, as the exact same issue has popped up again. Low-beams do not work, but hi-beams and foglights work.

Reported at 125,000 miles, September 2014

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Lighting problems across all Honda models